s-ata drive and latency

darkstar · Post by **darkstar** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:38 pm

Hello guys,
I have 2 questions:

1.This is really stupid question.I bought maxtor 120gb s-ata drive today.I wanted to ask,how to install that drive(single drive)on mainboard(asus p4c800e-deluxe).In manual,I found raid and sata connections,but just for 2 drives,I have just one.Do I just need to connect one sata cable(small cable)and hd power?What installation in bios/windows is needed?Do you reccomend NTFS or FAT32?

2.Is there way to go more than 25 miliseconds on luna latency?Because,when mixing,I don't need low-latency,it eats cpu.Can I set latency on 700 miliseconds,like I did on Yamaha sw cards,and give my cpu time to breathe?

Thanks,
Regards

ScofieldKid · Post by **ScofieldKid** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:50 pm

I believe the *POWER* connector on the Maxtor drives is likely to be a normal 4-pin connector. So that's easy.

Then the SATA cable just goes from the drive to the SATA connector on the motherboard. The cabling for SATA is awesome/clean.

As for which SATA port to pick, that's up to you. It looks like your MOBO will handle up to 4 SATA connections. One set is for the Intel ICH5-R. The other is for the Promise 20378.

I'm assuming you are using Windows XP. If you are "Enhanced Mode" and on the Intel controller, you should be fine. You could plug the disk into the Promise controller also. Either way.

I think you want the default format, which should be NTFS. I believe this will help you avoid some limitations. I don't think the speed advantage is significant in this case.

interloper · Post by **interloper** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 12:18 pm

The advantage of SATA is that the old UDMA configuration generated a lot of electrical noise, hence the shielding on most high performance cables.

SATA does not suffer from this malady. Speeds are about the same.